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  • A dandy wearing a ring on each hand while smoking a cigar. Colour process print, ca. 1905.
  • A dandy wearing a ring on each hand while smoking a cigar. Colour process print, ca. 1905.
  • Foochow, Fukien province, China: a woman carrying buckets of night-soil. Photograph by John Thomson, 1871.
  • Foochow, Fukien province, China: a woman carrying buckets of night-soil. Photograph, 1981, from a negative by John Thomson, 1869.
  • Foochow, Fukien province, China: a woman carrying buckets of night-soil. Photograph, 1981, from a negative by John Thomson, 1869.
  • Foochow, Fukien province, China: a woman carrying buckets of night-soil. Photograph by John Thomson, 1871.
  • A re-enactment of the speech by Queen Elizabeth I at Tilbury before the Spanish Armada. Postcard, ca. 1929.
  • A re-enactment of the speech by Queen Elizabeth I at Tilbury before the Spanish Armada. Postcard, ca. 1929.
  • Miss Carrie Moore and the Sandow girls performing as "The Dairymaids". Photographic postcard, 1906.
  • Miss Carrie Moore and the Sandow girls performing as "The Dairymaids". Photographic postcard, 1906.
  • A masonic tribute to the duchess of Leinster, a governess of Lock Penitentiary, Dublin: she is attended by Virtue and Fame. Etching by H. Brocas, 1794.
  • Advert for Kerol
  • An effeminate footballer insists on wearing feminine sportswear. Colour process print, 194-.
  • An effeminate footballer insists on wearing feminine sportswear. Colour process print, 194-.
  • A man holding three fish and some flowers; the fish representing "poissons d'avril" (April fool's jokes). Coloured photographic postcard, 192-.
  • A man holding three fish and some flowers; the fish representing "poissons d'avril" (April fool's jokes). Coloured photographic postcard, 192-.
  • Canton (Guangzhou), Kwangtung province, China: a Cantonese woman. Photograph by John Thomson, 1869.
  • Canton (Guangzhou), Kwangtung province, China: a Cantonese woman. Photograph by John Thomson, 1869.
  • A man in drag wearing a very large hat with a veil, stands in front of a painted backdrop, with dense foliage. Photographic postcard, 1911.
  • A man in drag wearing a very large hat with a veil, stands in front of a painted backdrop, with dense foliage. Photographic postcard, 1911.
  • A pregnant woman in bed another figure stands by the bed explaining something to her. Pen drawing after a woodcut by J. Berntsz, 1538.
  • Some members of staff of the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum, ca. 1915. Photograph.
  • Some members of staff of the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum, ca. 1915. Photograph.
  • Some members of staff of the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum, ca. 1915. Photograph.
  • The crucifixion of Christ ('The Great Crucifixion'). Engraving by Agostino Carracci, 1589, after G. Robusti, il Tintoretto.
  • The crucifixion of Christ ('The Great Crucifixion'). Engraving by Agostino Carracci, 1589, after G. Robusti, il Tintoretto.
  • Nine men dressed up on deck. Photographic postcard, 192-.
  • Nine men dressed up on deck. Photographic postcard, 192-.
  • A wounded soldier having his foot dressed by a nun, while her assistant holds a bowl of water. Coloured lithograph by C. de Lasteyrie after J.H. Marlet, 1817.
  • A wounded soldier having his foot dressed by a nun, while her assistant holds a bowl of water. Coloured lithograph by C. de Lasteyrie after J.H. Marlet, 1817.